Rail-joint



E. F. MORRIS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s. 1920.

1,341,573, I Patented May 25, 1920.

Edgar F. Morris STATES RAIL-JOINT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920..

Application filed March 6, 1920. Serial No. 363,657.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR F. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Raildoints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints.

Une oi the main objects of the invention is to provide a rail joint of simple construction and operation, and which consists of a minimum of parts which are substantial duplicates and may be produced at small cost. Another object is to provide simple and ellicient means for securing the joint assembled, this means also serving to secure the rails to the ties. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

in the drawings Figure l is side view of a rail joint constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 9: is a side View taken from the side opposite Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the joint disassembled.

Fig. t is a transverse section through the rail taken in advance of the side plates.

The joint includes two rectangular plates 1 which are adapted to fit against the lateral faces of webs 2 at the adjacent ends or" rail sections 3. These plates have their upper and lower edges shaped so as to fit snugly between tread 4t and base flange 5 of the rail.

Each plate 1 is provided on its inner face with two fingers (3 adapted to project through corresponding openings 7 through the webs of the rail sections, and through openings 8 through the other plate. As will be noted more clearly from Fig. 3, each rail section is provided with two openings 7 adjacent to its end, and the fingers 6 and openings 8 of the plates 1 are disposed in staggered relation and so spaced as to register with openings 7 When the plates are in position, fingers 6 project through openings 7 and 8 and beyond the outer faces of the plates.

Each finger is provided in its free end portion with an elongated opening 9 adapted to receive a tapered spike 10 preferably, though not necessarily, longer than the ordi nary railroad spike. This spike is driven through the finger and into a tie A of usual type positioned beneath the rail ends. As the spikes are driven into the tie they act to draw the plates 1 toward each other so as to tightly clamp the rail ends and eii'ectually prevent all looseness or play thereof, the spikes also serving to effectually secure the joint to the tie and to eliminate possibility of the plates working loose.

li hat I claim is:

1. In combination with two adjacent rail sections and a tie positioned beneath the same; plates at the opposite sides oi the rail sections and provided on their inner faces with laterally projecting fingers, each of said plates being further provided with openings positioned to receive the fingers of the other plate and the web portions of the rail sections being provided with openings positioned to receive said fingers, the fingers of each of said plates being of a length to extend through the openings in the webs and the other plate and to project beyond the outer face of said other plate, and means for securing the fingers to the tie and for forcing said plates toward each other so as to clamp the rail sections.

2. In combination with two adjacent rail sections and a tie positioned between the same; plates at the opposite sides of the rail sections and provided on their inner faces with laterally projecting lingers, each of said plates being further provided with openings positioned to receive the lingers of the other plate and the web portions of the rail sections being provided with openings positioned to receive said fingers, the fingers of each of said plates being of a length to extend through the openings in the webs and the other plate and to project beyond the outer face of said other plate, said lingers being provided with openings through their outer ends, and spikes driven through said openings and into the tie, said spikes acting to force said plates toward each other so as to clamp th rail sections and to secure the fingers to said tie.

In testimony whereof l aiiirr my signature.

EDGAR F. MORRIS. 

